Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Physics

Author: S N Ghoshal

Publisher: S. Chand Publishing

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 860

ISBN-13: 9352837274

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Designed as a textbook for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Physics, this well-written text discusses the principles and concepts of Nuclear Physics in a simple and an easy-to-understand language. Divided into nineteen chapters, the book discusses the structure and properties of atomic nucleus, radioactivity, nuclear radiations, nuclear models, nuclear reactions and accelerators of charged particles. Furthermore, it deals with neutrons and neutron physics, nuclear fission and fusion, use of nuclear energy and transuranic and other artificially produced elements. The book concludes with the discussions on nuclear forces and two-body problem, elementary particles and cosmic rays. Table Of Contents

Radioactivity
Radioactivity

Author: Michael F. L'Annunziata

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2016-05-13

Total Pages: 934

ISBN-13: 0444634967

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A recipient of the PROSE 2017 Honorable Mention in Chemistry & Physics, Radioactivity: Introduction and History, From the Quantum to Quarks, Second Edition provides a greatly expanded overview of radioactivity from natural and artificial sources on earth, radiation of cosmic origins, and an introduction to the atom and its nucleus. The book also includes historical accounts of the lives, works, and major achievements of many famous pioneers and Nobel Laureates from 1895 to the present. These leaders in the field have contributed to our knowledge of the science of the atom, its nucleus, nuclear decay, and subatomic particles that are part of our current knowledge of the structure of matter, including the role of quarks, leptons, and the bosons (force carriers). Users will find a completely revised and greatly expanded text that includes all new material that further describes the significant historical events on the topic dating from the 1950s to the present. - Provides a detailed account of nuclear radiation – its origin and properties, the atom, its nucleus, and subatomic particles including quarks, leptons, and force carriers (bosons) - Includes fascinating biographies of the pioneers in the field, including captivating anecdotes and insights - Presents meticulous accounts of experiments and calculations used by pioneers to confirm their findings

The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini
The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini

Author: Leonardo Gariboldi

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2024-01-09

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 3031370341

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The thirtieth anniversary of the death of Beppo Occhialini, the cosmic-ray physicist associated among other things to the fundamental discoveries of the electron-positron pairs and of the pion thanks to his contributions to the development of the controlled cloud chamber and of new nuclear emulsions, is the occasion to publish his memoirs on the main events of his scientific life, which he dictated shortly before his death. This second edition of The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini takes us by the hand to appreciate the admiration if not the veneration he had for Patrick Blackett, the ironic rudeness of Lord Rutherford, or the troubled relationship with Cecil Powell. A particularly thorny aspect concerns the role played by some physicists during the Second World War and the way Occhialini elaborated the complex personal situations experienced by each of them. Occhialini’s memoirs are enriched by his short autobiography originally published as an encyclopedia entry in the 1970s. A selection of relevant historical studies and personal reminiscences mainly concerning his scientific activity before his coming to Milan is reproposed, together with some personal notes from friends and colleagues.

The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini
The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini

Author: Pietro Redondi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-11

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 3540373543

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The present volume is a collection of reviews, essays and personal reminiscences on Occhialini's scientific life and work. Through these recollections the reader will also gain a vivid impression of the pioneering days of elementary particle physics when new detection methods emerged, like the triggered cloud chamber and nuclear emulsions - two techniques perfected by Occhialini - which made progress on comic ray physics possible in the first place.